{"id":560989,"date":"2021-06-11T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560989"},"modified":"2021-06-11T13:37:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:37:25","slug":"fbi-director-no-question-drug-cartel-activity-spilling-over-mexican-border-amid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-no-question-drug-cartel-activity-spilling-over-mexican-border-amid-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Director: \u2018No Question\u2019 Drug Cartel Activity Spilling Over Mexican Border Amid Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-director-no-question-drug-cartel-activity-spilling-over-mexican-border-amid-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=560989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wray-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray admitted in a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee Friday that drug cartel activity is spilling northward across the United States-Mexico border amid an ongoing border crisis that has seen a record number of illegal immigrants cross in the to U.S. over the past several months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cWray was asked at a House Judiciary Committee hearing by Rep. Tom McClintock, (R-CA), whether his agency knew of instances where foreign nationals coming across the border were deeply indebted to cartels and smugglers,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-director-mexico-cartel-activity-spilling-over-us-border-crisis\">Fox News reported<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, we have seen quite a number of such instances, absolutely,\u201d Wray responded.<\/p>\n<p>McClintock then asked if those debts were ultimately collected on this side of the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some cases, definitely,\u201d Wray noted. \u2018We are pursuing a number of human trafficking task forces, as well as working on certain taskforces with [the Department of Homeland Security] to try to address that issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wray went on to say that there is \u201cno question\u201d that drug cartel activity is spilling into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s no question that the cartel activity on the other side of the border is spilling over in all sorts of ways and you just put your finger on one that is extremely concerning,\u201d Wray said.<\/p>\n<p>The drug cartel issue is becoming increasingly apparent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/asylum-seekers-say-biden-border-camps-rife-with-crime-and-kidnappings-child-migrants-living-in-neglect-filth-and-fear\">according to NBC News<\/a>, which reported earlier this week that drug cartels are now infiltrating migrant camps located south of the border, where some asylum seekers are awaiting hearing dates in American immigraiton courts.<\/p>\n<p>The gang members and cartels \u201ccome into the plaza,\u201d immigration activist Felicia Rangel-Samponaro told NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/asylum-seekers-say-biden-border-camps-rife-with-crime-and-kidnappings-child-migrants-living-in-neglect-filth-and-fear\">per the Daily Wire<\/a>. \u201cThey drag a person away. You hear the person screaming for help. Everyone stands around and watches, which is understandable. No one wants to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rangel-Samponaro told NBC that \u201ctwo weeks ago at least six people were kidnapped from the plaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The network added that the Biden administration appears to be adding to the issue: \u201cCompounding the human bottleneck at the border are smugglers feeding misinformation to many of the migrants, convincing them with false promises that President Joe Biden will further ease border restrictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris tried to alleviate some of that confusion by telling would-be migrants, at a press conference in Guatemala earlier this week, not to make the arduous journey north. The statement, though, received blowback from American progressives who believe the Biden administration should adopt looser, not stricter, immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in cartel activity at the border poses risks to migrants as well, as Wray noted. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/border-patrol-video-smugglers-5-year-old-3-year-old-abandoned-border\">According to Fox News<\/a>, there has been an increase in human trafficking activity along the border, which puts illegal immigrants and asylum seekers \u2014 and, in particular, child migrants \u2014 in danger.<\/p>\n<p>Cartel activity, however, is not the only challenge the Biden administration is facing with regard to the border. According to United States Customs and Border Protection, \u201cU.S. law enforcement officials apprehended more illegal aliens trying to enter the U.S. [in May] than in any other month on record at the Department of Homeland Security, which was founded in 2002.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn May 2021, CBP encountered 180,034 persons attempting entry along the Southwest Border,\u201d CBP said in a statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-biden-border-crisis-sinks-to-worst-level-in-dhs-history-explodes-674-over-last-year\">per the Daily Wire<\/a>. \u201cSingle adults continue to make up the majority of these encounters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray admitted in a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee Friday that drug cartel activity is spilling northward across the United States-Mexico border amid an ongoing border &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280039,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wray-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FBI Director: \u2018No Question\u2019 Drug Cartel Activity Spilling Over Mexican Border Amid Crisis","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wray-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"FBI Director: \u2018No Question\u2019 Drug Cartel Activity Spilling Over Mexican Border Amid Crisis","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}